Waterproof container for personal accessories



ssums Nov. 3, 1925- B. ,KACZOROWSK! WATERPROOF CONTAINER FOR PERSONALACCESSORIES Filed Nov Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES I I 1,560,243 PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD KACZOROWSKI, OF YQNK ERS, NEW YORK.

WATERPROOF CONTAIE'ER FOR PERSONAL ACCESSORIES.

Applieation filed November 13,1924. Serial No. 749,576.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD KAozoRoW sin, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWaterproof Containers for Personal Accessories,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to boxes or containers for smallpersonal accessories, such as are commonlycarried by women, theinvention having for an object the provision of a novel container ofthis sort whichis arranged for containing different articles, and

which may be adjusted at the desire of the owner to conveniently carryarticles sort or of a different sort.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages of one thereof, reference will be had to the follow ingdescription and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims inwhich the various novel features of the invention are more particularlyset forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawing is a side elevational view of my improvedcontainer.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a transverse, sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 isa similar view to Fi 2 but showing the interior partition dierently positioned.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the device are ranged as in Fig. 4, the coverbeing removed.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing in detail themeans for moving the follower outward. v

My improved device comprises a cylindrical casing 10 which is preferablyof a length slightly greater than the length of an ordinary cigarette.This casing has screwthreaded ends on which are screwed the closing caps11 and 12 respectively. The casing is provided with a handle 13 throughwhich aband or ribbon 14 may be looped for convenience in carrying thecasing.

Located in this casing, to be adjustable to difierent positionslongitudinally of the easing and having a threaded engagement with theboss 17 whereby rotation of the screw causes the disk 16 to be movedlongitudinally in the casing. i

Fixed to the side wall of the casing, adacent one end thereof, is ablock 20 that has an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough inwhich is located a bushing or sleeve 21 that is free to rotate in said:block. This sleeve is formed at its outer end with a laterallyprojecting finger 22 whose hub element 22 engages over the outer end ofthe block 20 while at its inner end the sleeve is formed with alaterally projecting stud 23' that normally. engages over the inner endof the said block, but which may be brought 'into'registiy with alongitudinal slot 24 in the'said block that is entered into the latterfrom its inner end. The end of the screw 18 projects beyond the sleeve21 and is formed with an enlarged head 26 for rotation purposes. Thishead 26 acts in conenlargement 30 in which is positioned an expansionspring 31 that is coiled around the sleeve and that bears outwardly onthe ent, when the finger 22 is swung to move the stud 23 into-registrywith the slot 24 the sleeve 21, screw 18, and follower disk 16 will beprojected outward in the casing until the stud 23 reaches the end of theslot 24. v The disk 16 is preferably formed on one side with an annulargroove 33 that receives one end of a tube 34 positioned i'nthe casingcentrally thereof, when the disk is at that end of the casing removedfrom the. block 20. This tube serves as a receptacle for matches, whilethe annular space in the casing around said tube serves as a receptaclefor cigarettes.

If it is not desired to carry cigarettes in the device the tube 34 maybe removed and hub 22 of the finger 22. As will be apparv 1. A device ofthe class described comprising a casing arran ed to present separatecigarette and mate compartments, a follower in said casin having anannular groove in one face thereof, a tube in said casing engaging atone end in said groove to constitute a match receptacle, and'means formoving said follower longitudinally in the said casing to position itnear either end of said casing.

2. A device of the class described comprising a casing, an aperturedblock fixed to said casing ad acent one end of the latter, a sleevemounted in said block for free rotation and having a laterallyprojecting finger at its outer end, a screw passing freely throu h saidsleeve, a follower engaged with said screw 'to be moved along the casingby rotation of the said screw, and a stud upon partial rotation of thesleeve to bring the said stud into registry with the said notch.

3. A device of the class described com+ prising a casing, an aperturedblock fixed to said casing adjacent one end of the latter, a sleevemounted in said block for free rotation and having a laterallyprojecting finger at its outer end, a screw passing freely through saidsleeve, a follower engaged with said screw to be moved along the casingby rotation of the said screw, and a stud on the inner end of saidsleeve projecting over the inner end of said block to retain the saidsleeve and screw against longitudinal move ment, said block having alongitudinal notch entered thereinto from the inner end thereof topermit of longitudinal movement of the said sleeve in the block uponpartial rotation of the sleeve to bring the said stu'd into registrywith the said notch, and a spring engaged with said sleeve and urgingthe same longitudinally outward.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

BERNARD KACZOROWSKI.

